2005 Kentucky Derby
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The 2005 Kentucky Derby was the 131st running of the Kentucky Derby
. The race took place on May 7, 2005.
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
. The race took place on May 7, 2005.
Payout
The 131st Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule| Program Number |
Horse Name |
Win |
Place |
Show |
| 10 | Giacomo | $ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 102.60 |
$45.80 | $19.80 |
| 18 | Closing Argument | - | $70.00 | $24.80 |
| 12 | Afleet Alex Afleet Alex Afleet Alex is an American thoroughbred race horse who, in 2005, won two of America's classic races, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes... |
- | - | $4.60 |
- $2 ExactaParimutuel bettingParimutuel betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vig" is removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets...
: (10-18) Paid $9,814.80 - $2 TrifectaTrifectaIn horse racing terminology, a trifecta is a parimutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order. The word comes from the related betting term, "perfecta". A trifecta is known as a tiercé in France and Hong Kong and as a tris in Italy.It...
: (10-18-12) Paid $133,134.80 - $1 SuperfectaSuperfectaThe superfecta is a type of wager in parimutuel betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence...
: (10-18-12-17) Paid $864,253.50
Full results
| Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
| 1st | 10 | Giacomo | Mike Smith | John Shirreffs John Shirreffs John A. Shirreffs is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset... |
2:02.75 | |
| 2nd | 18 | Closing Argument | Cornelio Velasquez Cornelio Velásquez Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school... |
Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He currently has a blog website, at http://kiaranmclaughlin.com where he updates what horses he has racing for that particular day... |
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| 3rd | 12 | Afleet Alex Afleet Alex Afleet Alex is an American thoroughbred race horse who, in 2005, won two of America's classic races, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes... |
Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to... |
Tim Ritchey | ||
| 4th | 17 | Don't Get Mad | Tyler Blaze | Ronald Ellis Ronald W. Ellis Ronald W. Ellis is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A November 8, 1997 Los Angeles Times article noted that he "is known for taking his time with horses and taking special care with those prone to injury." Ron Ellis only saw his first live Thoroughbred horse race at age sixteen but... |
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| 5th | 20 | Buzzard's Bay | Mark Guidry | Jeff Mullins | ||
| 6th | 14 | Wilko | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Wallace Dollase | ||
| 7th | 16 | Bellamy Road | Javier Castellano | Nicholas Zito | ||
| 8th | 2 | Andromeda's Hero | Rafael Bejarno | Nicholas Zito | ||
| 9th | 7 | Flower Alley | Jorge Chavez | Todd A. Pletcher | ||
| 10th | 11 | High Fly | Jerry Bailey Jerry Bailey Jerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has... |
Nicholas Zito | ||
| 11th | 9 | Greeley's Galaxy | Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:... |
Warren Stute | ||
| 12th | 5 | Coin Silver | Patrick Valenzuela | Todd A. Pletcher | ||
| 13th | 8 | Greater Good | John McKee John McKee John McKee was an American politician who served as the first Representative of Alabama's 2nd District from 1823 to 1829. McKee was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia , and attended Liberty Hall Academy in Lexington... |
Robert Holthus | ||
| 14th | 4 | Noble Causeway | Gary Stevens | Nicholas Zito | ||
| 15th | 3 | Sun King | Edgar Prado | Nicholas Zito | ||
| 16th | 13 | Spanish Chestnut | Joe Bravo | Patrick Biancone | ||
| 17th | 1 | Sort It Out | Brice Blanc | Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his... |
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| 18th | 19 | Going Wild | Jose Valdivia | D. Wayne Lukas | ||
| 19th | 15 | Bandini | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | ||
| 20th | 6 | High Limit | Ramon Dominguez | Robert Frankel |